Piper's Pleasure in a small Captain Black "London Made" pipe I restored. Not very dirty at all when I got it, but it looked as if it was literally untouched for years. Everything on it looked dull. Seems to smoke very nicely, a very pleasant surprise so far.

I'm getting burnt out on my Lat blends so I have been moving to VaPers, mainly anniversary kake by hearth an Holmes. Also been enjoying tryin to break in 10 cobs at once thanks to meerschaum grab bag :p

Finally had time to smoke a bowl of Creme Brulee (local house blend) in the Bjarne churchwarden. Intentionally packed it straight out of the jar and too tightly in order to test a couple of hypotheses. And the new M-65 "smoking jacket" works nicely.